Jason Robert Brown

Hellobama, one and all! Two exciting items for you today. First, this coming Friday, August 21, I’ll be heading up to Vancouver, British Columbia, to check out Not Another Musical Co-Op’s fantastically-reviewed production of Songs for a New World, and then right after the show, I’m doing a solo concert right on the Pacific Theatre stage. So if you’re in Vancouver, you can check out the show AND the concert starting at 8 pm Friday night. You can click here to buy tickets online, and you can go here for more details about the production and the cast. I’m lookingRead More »

Last weekend, I went to Montana for the first time, as a guest of the Missoula Children’s Theater, an organization which turns out to be pretty astounding. (Check this page out to read about the amazing stuff they do.) This summer, MCT is hosting their first Musical Theater intensive course, called Next Step Prep, and they invited me to come work with their students. I had a wonderful time, saw some fantastic scenery, worked with some delightfully talented kids, ate some good salmon, and I hope they’ll invite me back next year. Here’s a blog entry about my first rehearsalRead More »

I turned 39 this weekend, which means I’ve got a full year ahead of me to panic about turning 40. The last twelve months have certainly been busy – a Broadway show opened and closed, a new piece premiered at the Kennedy Center, two books published, bought a new house and sold the old one (in that order, which is not a psychologically beneficial way to do it), had my hernia repaired, did a great week in residence at Birdland, a fantastic semester at USC, a sensational concert in Copenhagen – so I’m grateful to have had the last monthRead More »

Adam Hetrick’s article here. PS Classics to Release Pazakis’ “Unzipped: Live at the Zipper” By Adam Hetrick 21 May 2009 “Unzipped: Live at the Zipper,” the live debut recording from downtown belter Kate Pazakis, will be released by PS Classics on July 7. Known for her rangy belt, Pazakis (Jerry Springer the Opera) recorded the live album during her engagement at the now-closed Zipper Factory in December 2008. Brian J. Nash (Silence: The Musical) is musical director for the album, which is executive produced by Jen Namoff and Danny Gordon. Prior to the July in-store arrival, iTunes will begin sellingRead More »

Stephen Holden’s review, including a rave for my fellow Birdlandians Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli, here. Jazz-Pop With a Couple’s Repartee By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: April 1, 2009 …It was a triple-barreled evening at Birdland, where Ms. Molaskey and company are playing two shows a night (at 9 and 11) through Saturday, and Jason Robert Brown, the dynamic Broadway composer and singer-songwriter, is playing 7 p.m. shows. Mr. Brown is the leader of his own musical clan that on Tuesday included Gary Sieger on guitar, Randy Landau on bass, and the guest singers Lauren Kennedy (from his Off-Broadway show “TheRead More »